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Ecolab: OSHA inspections and violations

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333318

4inspections
1citation items
$10,000current penalties
Sep 16, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ecolab 4 times in Pennsylvania since 1996.

The latest one began on Sep 16, 2024 as a planned inspection, in King Of Prussia.

Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,440 and still stand at $10,000.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Ecolab averages $10,000 (1 cited inspection).

Ecolab also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Ecolab: OSHA citation items per year, 1996 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347756314 OPENED SEP 16, 2024Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jan 15, 2025

3700 Horizon Drive, King Of Prussia, PA 19406 · Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343668406 OPENED DEC 18, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 68 employees at the site · Closed Aug 24, 2020

650 Trumbull Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 · Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$6,440$10,000Feb 11, 2019Final

Inspection 302816640 OPENED NOV 7, 2000Closed

Planned · No inspection · Health · Closed Nov 13, 2000

1121 Boyce Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 116153420 OPENED AUG 29, 1996Closed

Programmed other · No inspection · Safety · Closed Sep 18, 1996

1689 Crown Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the King Of Prussia site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 40 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Purolite - An Ecolab Company
King Of Prussia · 2025
40 000.01.1
Nalco Water Heavy Central - WH121, 126
Pittsburgh · 2017
25 000.00.0

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)

(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

Other other commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.